BXBX NOVEL Chapter 537 - Fear.
The two slash attacks headed to decapitate the peanut gallery, which made Yang Dao enraged. Although the people tried to block the incoming attack with attacks of their own they failed. They did not have nearly enough time to prepare their best attacks. Also, they underestimated the last spurt of the Daemon.
The attack contained almost every shred of strength he could merge up. Yang Dao could not defend them from the second attack even if he defended the first one. His strength was not very high. The Dao Child used his movement technique to the limit and appeared in front of the peanut gallery and said, "Elemental Sword Slash."
This was his trump card, the strongest sword move in his quiver, he did not hesitate to use it to save the people. The sword was held in both his palms tightly and then he slashed it down. The blade emitted a golden slash, tearing the void, and collided with the first slash wave.
Whoosh...
The momentum of the slash though did not diminish completely after diffusing the attack, it went on to meet the second slash wave. The attack power of the incoming wave was higher in comparison to the previous one. Yang Dao was aware that his slash attack will not be able to hold on and said, "You all move back from here."
His voice was calm and steady. Yet it sent shivers to the people. They were scared at this moment, not from the Daemon, but the child standing in front of them. Yang Dao gave off such a dominating aura that they all wished to move back.
As the people moved away, Yang Dao said, "Azure Dragon Armor."
His whole body glowed with golden light for a second and the next moment, an azure armor appeared on his body, the armor covered his body completely. It was as if made for him only. His long hair fluttered as the wind blew. He seemed to have grown taller. The boy waved his hand and said, "I will destroy you for what you did."
Yang Dao waved his hand then took out a silver bow. It was not the Dao Armament, but an artifact carried in his family. This bow was something he selected to be his first spirit artifact. It had no specialty other than the tendon used in the bowstring. It was said that when the founder of the Yang Family had decided to establish a domain for his family he came across a flood dragon.
The flood dragon happened to cross a heavenly tribulation, the dragon passed the tribulation but it was unable to recover. The ancestor of the Yang Family gave him some elixirs to get in his good books. The dragon was aware of this planning of his but a drowning person will hold onto the support of the straw.
However, the dragon failed to survive and died. In his ending moment, the dragon allowed the Yang Family ancestor to harvest the resources they could from his corpse, so that he could live on as their strength. This was his way of paying the debt of gratitude.
Yang Dao was the first one in ages to draw the bow to a full moon. Thus the family had allowed him to carry this bow, and only to use it in dire situations like this one. He stood holding the bow in his hand and drew the string back to the full moon. The arrows were condensed by inputting the spirit energy blended with elemental source energy.
He did not waste any time and shot the first arrow. With a wheezing sound, the arrow vanished and appeared inside the body of the Daemon. The valley shook with a painful roar.
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While Yang Dao and the Daemon were fighting, three disciples finally met with Yue Jing and the rest. They had come inside the valley a few moments ago, upon hearing the situation, they all collectively decided to move back to the entrance and call the elders for help. Yue Jing wanted to go ahead to meet Yang Dao but the group convinced her that the boy was not alone and he can deal with the situation.
She gave in to them and they moved ahead. They came out of the valley and the elder at the entrance said, "You have..."
Before his words could drop, a disciple shrieked, "THERE IS A DAEMON INSIDE THE VALLEY. SCREW THE TEST."
The elder did not even refute and vanished from his spot, the disciples took out their communication talismans and contacted their respective masters.
Sun Eckhart was in meditation when he received reports and alarming messages from all the other elders. He acted swiftly and appeared in front of the valley. The whole thing did not take more than a few seconds.
They exchanged a glance and Elder Chime opened up a hole in the barrier to allow those with higher cultivation to get inside.
...
The elder at the entrance was standing in the void looking at the battle on the ground. Yang Dao had turned the Daemon into a shiny porcupine. The elemental arrows dug inside his body, they were neither dissipating nor were they killing the creature. After he was done with his last arrow, he said, "I will make you regret attacking my friends."
The bow vanished and he walked closer to the daemon. His pace was slow and steady. The Daemon raged around and did anything he could to attack Yang Dao, it was not out of rage or anything but the fear Yang Dao had instilled in its heart. The eyes of the creatures were clear enough for the others to discern whether the reaction was generated from strength or fear.
The elder was shocked, and behind him, other elders also appeared. Elder Jing was about to move up and intervene when the old elder raised his hand as he said, "Do not interfere. Sun, tell me, who is this child?"
The old man called Sun Eckhart with his name directly his status was not simple. Elder Jing Shui heard the voice and froze in her tracks. Sun Eckhart said, "He is my disciple, Martial Uncle."
The supreme elders all bowed to the man and said, "We have seen Martial Uncle Cao."
The old man nodded and said, "He is ten years and a few months old, in the peak of the early golden core realm. Sword intent in minor stage with properties of destruction and tear. Bow skills at peak have the knowledge of arrays and alchemy. Can manipulate elements as he wishes. Tell me what is his identity. And I do not mean his family."
Sun Eckhart shivered, his martial uncle has been outside the sect for a long time traveling and only came back a few days ago, he was not there when Yang Dao went to the forbidden area. He was able to hear a lot of things in the past few days from the mouth of the chattering disciples. However, he thought it was an exaggeration.
All his doubts were cleared after watching the scene in front of him. Sun Eckhart shook his head and said, "Uncle Master, I cannot share any information regarding his true identity. The people protecting him are not something we can imagine."
The old man was shocked and turned to look at Sun Eckhart, it was not because of denial but he detected fear coming from the voice of his martial nephew. Sun Eckhart was not known to be fearful of anything. Elder Cao asked, "Are they from the core region of the immortal realm?"
Sun Eckhart shook his head and said, "They come from the core of it all."
This statement was made through spiritual sense and only the two of them could hear it. Cao did not push any further and focused on the boy walking towards the Daemon on the ground. Yang Dao moved closer and said, "Dragon Fist."
His small fist glowed with a golden energy and he pucned at the porcupine Daemon in front of him. His fist did not get peirced by the arrows covering the wailing Daemon, on the contrary it acted like a hammer and nailed the arrow deep in the body of the creature, channeling the source energy inside the Daemons body. The creature gave up on attacking and wailed.
Sun Eckhart said while standing in the void, "I do not know, who is the Daemon anymore. Such a strong anger, if he lost control outside, then it might not end so simply."
Elder Cao said, "This child is very strong, Sun. He has a bearing and control over himself that a lot of people might never be able to even imagine in their lifetimes. Worry less and have faith. As for this abomination, any sort of pain is less."
To some extent the elders and the disciples who witnessed the scene in front and heard the loud wails through the valley were shocked and scared of the reason that was behind it.